Exact Match:
- account for
- give reasons for; "Can you account for all these absences?"
- be the reason or explanation for; "The recession accounts for the slow retail business"
Synonyms:
- accredit with,
- accrete to,
- acknowledge,
- allegorize,
- apply to,
- ascribe to,
- assign to,
- attach to,
- attribute to,
- blame,
- blame for,
- blame on,
- bring home to,
- charge on,
- charge to,
- clarify,
- clear,
- clear up,
- confess,
- connect with,
- crack,
- credit with,
- cry sour grapes,
- decipher,
- demonstrate,
- demythologize,
- destigmatize,
- do justice to,
- elucidate,
- enlighten,
- euhemerize,
- exculpate,
- exemplify,
- explain,
- explain away,
- explicate,
- exposit,
- expound,
- fasten upon,
- father upon,
- fix on,
- fix upon,
- give reason for,
- give the meaning,
- hang on,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- impute to,
- justify,
- lay to,
- make clear,
- make plain,
- pin on,
- pinpoint,
- place upon,
- point to,
- popularize,
- purge,
- rationalize,
- refer to,
- rehabilitate,
- reinstate,
- restore,
- saddle on,
- saddle with,
- set down to,
- settle upon,
- shed light upon,
- show,
- show how,
- show the way,
- simplify,
- solve,
- spell out,
- throw light upon,
- unfold,
- unlock,
- unravel,
- vindicate,
- warrant